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I can't get this to reoccur on any of my browsers: Safari, Firefox, or Chrome. On each of them when I do 10.13.37.170:8080/remote/processKey?key=guide&hold=keyPress it opens in the current tab and does not open in a new one.

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and the box tunes to espn. I don't know what happens to the response and I don't care. The browser doesn't need to be open or involved in any way. This could also be executed as a batch file. The key is then determining when the command/batch file gets executed. I use an ESPN button on netremote to initiate the action.

Better than IR because the tuning is instantaneous and flawless. By nature of the technology, IR is only fast and pretty reliable.